Wednesday, March 11, 2009

11-Mar-2009 PM clippings

Enjoy:

Rumours that Microsoft's IE8 is the end of the line for their browsers, with a possible switch to WebKit or Gazelle renderer:
http://weblog.infoworld.com/enterprisedesktop/archives/2009/03/is_version_8_th.html

The Herald publishes a response to the RIANZ, asking for a reasonable copyright law instead of Section 92A on behalf of the artists:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10561127

Google indicates it might subsidise Linux-powered netbooks, and phone vendors already give away netbooks. Time for them to merge:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/10/linux_netbooks_zemlin/

South Korea passes a law remarkably similar the New Zealand's copyright ammendments. What's with this global push?:
http://lists.essential.org/pipermail/a2k/2009-March/003988.html

A call to regulate armed robots, from armed Predator drones through to Taser-equipped helicopters:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126986.300-regulate-armed-robots-before-its-too-late.html

And finally. What to do if your finger gets severed? Replace it with a USB memory stick of course - holding Linux & "Freddy Got Fingered":
http://bergie.iki.fi/blog/when_reality_meets_product_concepts/

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